USAGE and USE - Terms used by Widdowson (1978) to refer to two aspe ts of ommuni ati!

e performan e a) t"e abi#ity to produ e orre t senten es$ or manifestations of t"e #in%uisti system & USAGE' b) t"e abi#ity to use t"e (now#ed%e of t"e ru#es for effe ti!e ommuni ation & USE' )oo( at t"ese e*amp#es' The usage of American spellings in British publications is to be deprecated, The usage of water for washing cars is forbidden. T"ey are in orre t' T"e word re+uired is use' Usa%e means ,t"at w"i " "as be ome ustomary- or ,t"at w"i " "as been estab#is"ed by #on%-standin% use' T"us$ t"ou%" it is me !io#ates t"e %rammati a# ru#e t"at t"e !erb to be s"ou#d be fo##owed by a omp#ement in t"e nominati!e ase (It is I)$ it "as be ome estab#is"ed by usage$ and must t"erefore be a epted' T"ere annot be a wron% usage of a word$ but t"ere may be a wron% use of it' A simp#er way of #oo(in% at it is. /t may be stru tura##y possib#e (usa%e) but wou#d anyone use it to ommuni ate (use)0